The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.

Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.

Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us bound to rules of reason, holy messengers, pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, bibles laid open, millions of surprises, blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, the sound of glory ringing in our ears: without, our shame; within, our consciences; angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears. Yet all these fences and their whole array one cunning bosom-sin blows quite away.

He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.

In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.

If I have enough for myself and family, I am steward only for myself; if I have more, I am but a steward of that abundance for others.

Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.